Monroe
Colonel Jacob Stroud - PLAQUE
Stroudsburg, PA
Col. Jacob Stroud is buried in this graveyard, originally the cemetery of the Mission of Dansbury.
Daniel Brodhead
East Stroudsburg, PA
Settled here about 1738.
Dansbury Mission
Stroudsburg, PA
Erected about 1744, by Daniel Brodhead, for use by Moravian missionaries.
Dutch Settlers
First European settlers in this region were Dutch who came over the "Old Mine Road," traveling from the Hudson to the Delaware.
Fort Hamilton
Stroudsburg, PA
Built at direction of Benjamin Franklin.
Fort Hamilton - PLAQUE
Stroudsburg, PA
One of a chain of Frontier Forts of the province of Pennsylvania in the French and Indian War, erected by the direction of Benjamin...
Fort Hyndshaw
SW of Bushkill, PA
Built in 1756 by order of the Province of Pennsylvania.
Fort Norris
Kresgeville, PA
Built in 1756 by the Province of Pennsylvania.
Fort Penn
Stroudsburg, PA
Named for Governor John Penn and replacing Fort Hamilton, the fort stood nearby.
Jacob Stroud (1735-1806)
Stroudsburg, PA
Colonel in the militia and Revolutionary patriot.
John Summerfield Staples (1845-1888)
Stroudsburg, PA
In 1864, President Lincoln named this young Stroudsburg man as his "representative recruit" for the Union Army in the Civil War.
Monroe County
Stroudsburg, PA
Formed April 1, 1836 out of Northampton and Pike counties.
Nicholas Depuy
First known settler in this region, 1727.
Nicholas Dupuy (1682-1762) - PLAQUE
Shawnee, PA
The first settler of Shawnee in 1727, purchased 3,000 acres of land, including the Island of Shawno and Manwalamink, from the Minsi Indians.
Shawnee-Minisink Archaeological Site
Minisink Hills, PA
Nearly 13,000 years old, this location, near the confluence of the Delaware River and Brodhead Creek, is one of the earliest dated Native...
Smithfield Church
Believed to be the first of four early churches built by Dutch Settlers, it stood below the road toward the river.
Sullivan Expedition Against the Iroquois Indians, 1779 (Fort Penn)- PLAQUE
Stroudsburg, PA
The home of Col. Jacob Stroud was located here.
Sullivan Expedition Against the Iroquois Indians, 1779 (White Oak Run)- PLAQUE
site of Chowder Camp, where Gen. Sullivan dined on trout chowder, end of third day's march June 20, 1779, distance 5 miles.
Sullivan's March
Tannersville, PA
Learned's Tavern marked the end of the second day's march from Easton to Fort Wyoming, at Wilkes-Barre.
Sullivan's March
Brinker's Mill was the storehouse and advance post for the Sullivan Expedition, which left Easton June 18, 1779, to attack the hostile...